Recipes: Chicken Enchilada Sauce

My Chicken Enchiladas are so delicious – but what makes them even better is my homemade chicken enchilada sauce…

Ingredients

• 1 cup of cilantro
• 4oz can of chipotles
• 2oz can of green chilies
• 1 jar of roasted red peppers – thinly sliced
• small white onion – chopped
• 2 jalapeños – chopped
• 1 roma tomato – chopped
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• clove of garlic – minced
• 1 tablespoon of lime juice

Once the sauce has cooked for about 6 minutes, add the jalapeños, the roma tomato, the green chilies and the cilantro.  After another 6 minutes, blend together with a hand mixer.

Let the sauce cook for about 10 minutes on low and then smother it over the chicken enchiladas.

Enjoy!

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Chicken Enchilada Sauce

Author: Ali

Servings: 1 recipe

My Chicken Enchiladas are so delicious – but what makes them even better is my homemade chicken enchilada sauce…

Prep Time25 minutes minutes

Total Time25 minutes minutes

CourseSide Dish

CuisineMexican

Ingredients

• 1 cup of cilantro
• 4 oz can of chipotles
• 2 oz can of green chilies
• 1 jar of roasted red peppers - thinly sliced
• 1 small white onion - chopped
• 2 jalapeños - chopped
• 1 roma tomato - chopped
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• 1 clove of garlic - minced
• 1 tablespoon of lime juice

Instructions

• Gather all of your ingredients and get out a large frying pan.
• To start - put olive oil, garlic and the white onion in the pan and let it sweat a bit.
• Add the roasted red peppers and chipotles.
• Once the sauce has cooked for about 6 minutes, add the jalapeños, the roma tomato, the green chilies and the cilantro.
• After another 6 minutes, blend together with a hand mixer.
• Let the sauce cook for about 10 minutes on low and then smother it over the chicken enchiladas. Eat up and enjoy.